Pollachi sexual assault case: one convict moves Madras High Court with appeal against trial court verdict

One of the 9 convicts successful the Pollachi intersexual battle case has moved the Madras High Court with an entreaty against the verdict delivered by the proceedings tribunal successful Coimbatore connected May 13 this year.

Sources successful the cognize of the improvement said K. Thirunavukkarasu, 34, of Makkinampatti has filed an entreaty against the verdict of the Mahila Court, Coimbatore.

The proceedings tribunal had awarded beingness imprisonment to Thirunavukkarasu and 8 others, namely N. Sabarirajan, 32, aka Rishwanth, of Jothi Nagar; M. Sathish, 33, and T. Vasanthakumar, 30, of Suleeswaranpatti; R. Mani, aka Manivannan, 32, of Achipatti; P. Babu, 33, of Mahalingapuram; T. Haronimus Paul, 32, of Achipatti; K. Arulanantham, 39, of Vadugapalayam; and M. Arunkumar, 33, of Panikkampatti.

Sources said that Thirunavukkarasu, who had been a budding financier, besides filed a petition seeking the tribunal to condone the hold successful filing the appeal. The petition for the condonation of hold was filed arsenic an entreaty against the proceedings court’s verdict had to beryllium made wrong 60 days from the day of the judgment.

Meanwhile, the CBI’s Special Task Branch, Chennai, has tasked V. Surendra Mohan, who appeared for the bureau arsenic Public Prosecutor for the proceedings successful the case, to look successful the High Court on with the CBI Retainer Counsel K. Srinivasan to contention the entreaty and to woody with each the aboriginal matters arising retired of the case.

The proceedings tribunal had awarded Thirunavukkarasu and 8 others beingness imprisonment for offences committed nether Section 376 D (gang rape) of the Indian Penal Code.